How Is It Possible That It's Already November?

 Are you changing your clocks and turning over your calendar to a new month wondering what happened to October?  I feel like it was just September and then I blinked and it's November!  One positive is that gratitude is often a focus in November, and I'm sure we can find many things to be thankful for - even during a pandemic.

For me, I am extremely grateful for each day that my school district is in session face-to-face!  I love seeing my students' smiling faces each morning.  I love this chance to develop connections and sharing a big part of our days together.

I hope you will find something to be thankful for among our November resources!  If you missed our email with the link for our Election Freebie - here it is again!  Use it as a fun activity for the end of your government unit, or use it on election day.  Basic voting vocabulary is included and it would make a great review for these terms.

Last month we also added a persuasive writing and craft resource for the election - and you can find it here.  If your curriculum includes persuasive writing or voting as a right and as a responsibility, you'll love using this resource.  We've also included a fun voting badge craft for students, too.

If your students are working on multiplication, our November Color by Code multiplication puzzles will give them an opportunity to practice in a fun manner.

Finally, if you aren't yet making Good Calls Home, please check out our free resource.  These positive calls spotlight students' successes, celebrations, or growth - we promise, you will love them and won't regret spending a few minutes each month building these important connections with students and families.

That's it - short and sweet this month.  We hope you will find something here to use.  We are thankful for you - thanks for reading!

~ It All Started with Flubber

Lions and Shamrocks and Lambs - Oh, My!

 

Thanks for stopping by, and happy March to you!  Finally, March is here and that means spring can't be far off - we hope!!

If you've been here before, you know that we feel pretty strongly about {at least} two things:  regular writing for our students, and making resources to make life easier for our fellow teachers!   If one or both of those are also near-and-dear to your own heart, keep reading!


    ✅  Regular writing - 7 ready-to-print templates for March

    ✅  A FREE seasonal resource for your classroom

Our March Follower Free resource has four different shamrock writing options and three different in-like-a-and out-like-a lamb or lion templates.  Samples are shown here:

   

Your students can write about a lucky day, unusual or different lucky charms, and the March weather in your area - print the lamb and lion today and you have an easy writing prompt for this week.  Use the shamrocks now or in the coming weeks to make a cute bulletin board for St. Patrick's Day.

Different teachers use our monthly writing papers in different ways:

•   for a morning quick write,
•   or plan a lesson specifically around the themes for that month
•   use for early-finishers 
•   use as a writing station during literacy centers
•   differentiate by customizing your writing task specifically for your learners' needs

You can find writing papers for each month in our Teacher Pay Teachers store under the monthly custom categories.

If you download these and use them, be sure to tag us if you post a picture on social media!  We'd love for you to win a TpT gift card!

We'd also love to hear about other ways you build in opportunities for regular writing for your students.  Comment below and you might also win a TpT gift card!